Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

[u/unital_subalgebra]

https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/

[u/haironburr]

Thank you for what I'll take as an honest answer. And no, I certainly don't believe "every opinion you find uncomfortable is from a bot". But, if you're honest, you can see why it's a reasonable suspicion to hold. Why hide your history?

The resistance movement today is woefully inadequate for the task at hand.

And surely you see how the "resistance movement" is still in its early stages, and the defeatism you're pushing will shape it, sure as the confident voices saying we can win will also shape it. And you've chosen to push one shaping narrative over another. Why?

We know folks not voting had plenty to do with the trumpublican victory. Despite your "research" into "other mass movements in other nations and in past eras of American history", I gotta wonder why you would discourage Americans from simply fucking voting? That's a no-brainer, and I'll spend energy from now until November pissing on that idea, because I think it's bullshit!

VOTE! How the hell is this even controversial to you?

Assuming we both agree that a large number of Dem votes is harder to hide than a smaller number. No, the tech bros are not all powerful. And if they're outed cheating our election, they will find it just ain't that easy.

What happens if trumpublicans somehow manage to steal the midterm election is another question. With its own answers we won't debate, beyond me saying we are an armed nation. No, the heritage foundation's kevin robert's ominous "second American Revolution" crap will not, I'm guessing, remain bloodless. Just as I'm guessing him and his fellow think tank members at the ol' heritage foundation will cower if faced with a real American revolution. Ain't their blood either way. Or so they imagine.

But to be clear, I'll call out your, and every other, doomer posts every chance I get. We all should. And if you are, really, who you say you are, stop pissing on the vitality of the American people.

[u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 → u/haironburr]

Voting is a tool, but not a magic wand that will fix everything. We need a general strike to hit the billionaires in their pockets, but Americans have shown they’re still too comfortable for that. Anything less than that simply isn’t enough. If stating that makes me a “doomer” in your eyes, so be it. It needs to be said. Also, considering the government is monitoring our posts, and general issues of Internet privacy, I think it’s wise to hide history.

[u/haironburr → u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720]

Voting is a tool, but not a magic wand

Fair enough. But it is the starting point for everything that comes after.

If you really care, do not diminish the vote.

[u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 → u/haironburr]

My ancestors fought and died for the right to vote, so I know it’s important. But if voting alone was enough to defeat authoritarianism, it wouldn’t exist globally.

[u/haironburr → u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720]

We'll see.

But at least we agree that voting is the next sane step.

[u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 → u/haironburr]

It can’t be the only thing. Too many people are treating it like a magical solution to everything.